The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-06-30

of Lynchburg have called Rev. Il. IL
Fleming, of Washington. Mr.. Fleming
is son of the late VIM. Fleming, Esq.
OF Highland county, and an able divine.
The "Epperley gold property in
Montgomery county, has been purchased
Ply syndicate of Ohio capitalists. Mt
Walter Reson, of Cincinnati, says he is
+ satisfied that the gold of this mine is equa
+ if not superior to the product Of the mines
of the Rocky mountains.
PUBLIC OPINION is most excellent pub
LEGATION, giving in brief the current OF pub
lie thought on all important questions
and furnishing the drift Of discussion il
the leading journals of the country. 1t is
a valuable publication, issued at Washing
ton City and New York.
Roanoke Leader: The Norfolk and Yves
tern Railroad Company has purchased the
Hotel Roanoke and the Railroad building
on Jefferson street from the Land and
Improvement Company, and both proper
ties will be improved by large additions,
Sc. This transfer permanen tly fixes the
offices of the Norfolk and Western at
Roanoke.
ExCongressman Bragg, of Wisconsin
the man who loved Cleveland for the enc
mics he had made, recently told d Chicago,
Tribune reporter that Blaine would be
elected President next year if be is the
Republican candidate. That he will be, if
he wants the nomination. There is no d.
rect way of getting around giving it to
him, especially as he is the strongest man
the Republicans could present.
According to celebrated French as
tronomer the total number of stars visible
to the average naked eye does not exceed
six thousand. An ordinary opera glass will
bring out twenty thousand: small tele-
scope will bring out nearly two hundred
thousand, and themost powerful telescopes
one hundred million. The light emitted
by all the stars upon the surface of our
globe is equal to one tenth of the light of
the full moon.
Craig County Record: Mr.. I. B. Neil
pons for his taxes last fall ard who suffered
certain property of his subsequently to be
levied upon and sold for said taxes. has
instituted suit for $4,000 damages, The
suit is against J. f. Owens. treasurer Of
this county. Morton Marye. Frank G.
Ruflin, A. w. Hartman and II. J.. Flour
noy. The notice was served last Saturday
by j. D. Smith, Deputy Marshal of the
Eastern District Of Virginia
David Dickerson, of Georgia. died some
years ago bachelor worth 100000. He
willed $4,000 to his servant. Amanda
Banks, and her child. The relatives con-
tested the will. contending that it was
against public policy for the deceased to
dispose of his property to illegtimate col
i ofcd children. The Supreme Court of
Georgia rules that the negroes have the
same rights as white people, and shat the
will must stand. Amanda Banks is by
this decision the richest colored woman in
the United States.
Monkeys, of the semi gorilla species, are
now employed in Kentucky to cultivate
the hemp crop. They are imported from
Cape Town, South Africa, at cost of $50
each. They are cheaper than negro labor,
and it is said do the work very well. They
are taught very easily, as they are intelli
gent, docile and even affectionate. Some
hemp raiserS have as many as seventeen on
their farms, and ranging from that num-
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this new competition, and say that either
they or the monkeys will have to go. So
writes NJ. r. O. Willis, of Danyille, KY. :,
to the New York Times.
John HI. Alexander, the colored cadet
who graduated 32d in class of 81 at West
Point Military Academy last week, is from
| Ohio. He is by no means black, rather
handsome, and of good figure. He saysh he
expects to be appointed second lieutenant
| in the Ninth Colored Cavalry. He further
says that he had not the slightest insult
| offered him during his four years at the
Academy on account of his color. On the
contrary, he was more lenlently treated,
because of his color, by his classmates than
even some OF the white cadets. He minded
his own business. and got along WE'LL
When his name was read out as one of the
graduates, and standing in the middle of
his class, a storm of applause followed
He is the second colored cadet who has
passed through the full course of four
years. Lieut.. Flippin was the other.
Several Democratic papers which OPP
posed calling State Convention of that
party surrendered their ideas of policy to
the opinion of Mr.. Barbour. That gentle
man favored convention, and his conclu-
sion seemed to be law to the Democratic
voters. In other words, he is recognized
and announced as the supreme boss Of the
party. This Difference to MI. Barbour is
in striking contrast with his treatment
when there was really honor to be be-
slowed. When the reward of party victory
was to be given, 1t was not Mr.. Barbour,
who led the successful fight. but Mr.. Dan
iel who was favored. The same ingratitude
awaits Mr.. Barbour again if the Demo
Gratis should control the next Legislature.
1t will not be Mr.. Barbour who will be
given the Senatorship, but Gov. Lee or
Holmes Conrad, more likely the latter.
A dispatch from Laurens, S. c., reports
''that the negroes near that place have
formed secret organization to demand
one dollar day for farm work and threat
en- murder if necessary to accomplish
their end. They are organizing under the
guise Of Knights of Labor" The dis
patch continues 1.-The whites are organ
izing cavalry company for protection. y
This is certainly too thin. 1t is posi-
BILE the laboring class in that section, who
are in worse slavery than they were be-
fore emancipation, may be organizing
to protect themselves against the imposi.
tion and wrong to which they have been
subjected by reason of the system of
lease and credit they have there. under
which the landlords and merchants mort
gage not only the annual products Of the
land but keep the laborer in perpetual
debt. When the whites have the officers
of the law, the courts, the sheriffs, and the
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